3. ZOTERO INTRODUCTION
• Zotero is a free and open source reference management tool to manage
bibliographic data and research materials
• It is designed, maintained, and houses by academics
• It has more than 10,000 referencing styles
• It identifies almost every type of documents for citation
• It gives 300 mb of free space
5. DOWNLOAD ZOTERO
Step 1
go to Zotero
home page
Step 2
Click
downloa
d
Step 3
Once
downloaded
Zotero icon
will added to
the MS word
Step 4
Click on edge
Zotero
connecter
Step 5
Zotero
connecter
icon will
added
here
9. ENTRIES FROM GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Step 1
Go to
googlescholar.com
Step 2
Search any topics
Step 3
Right click
anywhere in
the page
Step 4
Then this dialog box will
appear
Select any document
and then click ok entries
will automatically added
to the Zotero
10. ENTRIES FROM WEB PAGE
Step 1
Go to any
web page
Step 2
Click on
Zotero
connecter
icon
Step 3
A pop up will
appear showing
saving to my
library
11. ENTRIES THROUGH MANUALLY
Step 1
Click on
the plus
icon, a
dialog
box will
open here
Step 2
Select any item you
want to entry
Step 3
Fill the data in the
fields and then
click enter.
Entries will be
added to the
Zotero
12. ENTRIES THROUGH DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIERS
Step 1
Click
on the
icon
Step 2
A search box will open
here enter the DOIs
and then click enter
Step 3
Entries will be added to
your Zotero
14. INTEXT CITATION
Step 1
Open MS word and
keep Zotero tab open
Step 2
Click on
document
preferences
Step 3
Select your
desired style
and click ok
15. INTEXT CITATION
Step 1
Place the curser
where you want
to cite
Step 2
Click on add/edit
citation
Step 3
A Zotero pull down
bar will appear here
Search your required
document and click
enter key
18. CONCLUSION
In this PowerPoint presentation we covered all the features and functions of Zotero.
We also discussed how to add intext citation and references to our research articles.
19. REFERENCES
1. Quick start guide [Zotero Documentation]. (n.d.). Retrieved 8 October 2022, from
https://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide
2. ROHILA LIB-TECH (Director). (2020, June 13). ZOTERO: A FREE REFERENCE MANAGEMENT TOOL (In Hindi).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHYlOE7Rv2c
3. Zotero. (2022). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zotero&oldid=1113447442